Sunday Round Up

We started feeding our son solid food last week. So far, he’s had green beans and acorn squash. Last weekend I steamed a handful of green beans and then pureed them in my blender with a little water. I froze the pureed beans in an ice cube tray, and got seven ice cubes that I then put in a zip top bag in the freezer. Each day during the week, I would defrost one cube of beans, and then we’d feed it to our son. He’s still getting the hang of eating from a spoon, and tasting something other than milk. Yesterday I cooked an acorn squash in our solar oven, and today I pureed a bit of it and made squash ice cubes for the coming week. It costs hardly anything to make organic homemade baby food for him – and we’re not adding lots of little glass jars to our recycle bin. If you’re starting a baby on solid foods, I highly recommend making your own. It takes just minutes to make enough food for several days, and it’s a satisfying and frugal way to go.

Now for some good stuff from around the blogosphere this week… from the Frugal Blog Network:

Homemaker Barbie is giving away a 10-pack of current magazines – stop by her blog and enter to win. This sure beats buying magazines, and after you’ve read them, they’re great for kids to cup up and use for crafts.

I was contacted recently by some organizations with websites that might be of interest to my readers…

FreeShipping.org has codes you can use for free shipping at over 800 online retailers. If you’re an online shopper, you’ll want to check this site before you pull out the credit card.

Spendster.org is a website where you can upload videos of things you bought that you wish you hadn’t. Or, if you’re not feeling like sharing, just go check out videos from other folks. Should provide some inspiration for skipping your next impulse purchase.

Comments

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I started making my daughters baby food as well. I had planned to do it long before my daughter was around. I have done sweet potatoes, bananas (no cooking) and various other veggies, but nothing green yet. Do you use fresh or frozen green beans? I couldn’t find any at the store last night, so I wonder if they are out of season? Or maybe the store was just out. I was in a hurry so I didn’t really look too hard. Anyway, this week pears and apples are on the menu. For right now, I am doing a small batch of each just to make sure there are no allergies. Once I know that she can eat everything, I will probably cook every other week and make a bunch to freeze. It also allows for a lot more variety once she eats more. You can do a couple different veggies or veggie and fruit at a meal and not have a million little half full jars in the fridge (and then in the recycling)

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